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The Inner Chapters

The Inner Chapters. Titling the Inner Chapters. Review your assigned chapters together one at a time. Give each chapter an appropriate title that encapsulates the its content (i.e. “

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The Inner Chapters

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  1. The Inner Chapters

  2. Titling the Inner Chapters • Review your assigned chapters together one at a time. • Give each chapter an appropriate title that encapsulates the its content (i.e. “ • For each chapter, discuss what you think the theme (big idea) is that is presented in this chapter—what does Steinbeck want us to understand after reading this chapter? • Articulate (in writing) this theme as a single complete sentence: “In Chapter ___, Steinbeck wants the reader to understand that.... e.g. love is powerful. e.g. fear is destructive. e.g. all people are sinful. …. ” etc. • Discuss: How does the chapter relate to the Joad narrative?

  3. Characteristics of Inner Chapters Make three lists of inner-chapter elements. (For the time being, exclude the chapter about the waitress and the truck drivers) Interchapters…. • Always: e.g. --establish a theme --relate to/foreshadow the Joad narrative • Sometimes: • Rarely/never: …have the listed characteristics

  4. Inner Chapters always/usually sometimes rarely/never characteristics characteristics characteristics

  5. Inner Chapters always/usually sometimes rarely/never • establish a theme • relate to/foreshadow the Joad narrative • provide social or historical background information or context for the Joad narrative • generalize and universalize situations • use a tone that is sweeping, universal, mythological • short • depict situations, not stories • include dialogue/discussion between nameless characters who represent different groups (e.g. between “the owner” and “the farmer”) • include extended descriptions of the landscape or animals • use imagery (e.g. the dust in Chapters 1 and 2) or symbols (e.g. the turtle in Chpaters 3 and 4) to connect inner chapter with main narrative • never include the Joads or other characters from the main narrative • rarely uses names • never uses quotation marks with dialogue

  6. Inter-chapter rationale On a piece of loose-leaf, write one paragraph for each of the following questions: • State your theme in one sentence. How did you decide on this idea (e.g. how does it relate to your research, our studies, your personal interests or philosophy, etc). • What will you write about in the opening inter-chapter in order to convey this theme? • How does this theme relate to the story that will follow and how will you make sure that the opening inter-chapter feels connected to the story that follows?

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